Re: Kill a job in a script?
Anton81 <forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have scripts where I start command in the background and want to kill them
> later. I don't manage to kill them. What's a possible way?
Well, manage!
> Something like:
> nedit file.txt &
> ...
> kill <thatjob>
Use the PID of the job in the kill.
If you mean to ask "how do I get the PID of a just launched process in
a bash script", ask that (preferably only after first looking it up, if
you don't find it).
Peter
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